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3 facts and a takeaway about Games

Simon Whitcombe

Then Now

Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, US, March 2013

One out of every five minutes on mobile is spent with Facebook or Instagram

5 minutes

1 out of every

What are the other 4 minutes being used for?

1. Mobile gaming is a very big deal

39% of smart phone users play games at least 1x per week

Source: Magid

The new Angry Birds: Candy Crush Saga

The new super-publisher: SuperCell

$2.3M/Day

The game changer: Puzzles and Dragons

$4.9M/Day

2. Gaming is a sport

Last weekend 1M concurrent viewers watched a professional DOTA2 tournament

The Broadcaster

The Games

• League of Legends

• StarCraft 2

• DOTA2

• Call of Duty

The Pro’s

3. Console is fun again

A good old fashioned console war

Vs

And great new games

The Pro’s

And what about that takeaway?